Ice Storm!

We had a terrible ice storm come through Lawton this past weekend. They say it's the most devastating storm this city has seen since 1947. Half the city was without power for days and it was miserably cold. When I was able to venture out, I took a few photos with my Iphone of the poor trees. The ice makes the branches weigh 3-4x more causing trees to bend and snap in half. Same with the power lines. As I drove around, it was eerily beautiful. Odd way to describe the scene, but even though it was a white winter wonderland, it was creepy to me. There was a mist that formed and I kept thinking vampires were going to spring from the ground and attack. (I really have a slight obsession with the blood suckers after the Twilight series...which I highly recommend.) And it was sad at the same time to see all of the destroyed trees that typically lined the streets.

This was the day the storm started. That's not snow either. It's a sheet of ice.

The forming of the icicles

The view from our windows

These were a few Iphone photos I took on Monday (5 days after the storm hit)

What the heck were those horses eating? Ice?

These were the trees at the Post Office. It was so sad.

Outside the neighborhood

My friend Leah lives on post and this was what it looked like there. Thanks Leah for letting me use these photos!

Needless to say, I believe the whole state is very ready for Spring to come!